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The "History of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union" reflects a period of change for both Russia and the world. Though the terms "Soviet Russia" and "Soviet Union" are synonymous in everyday vocabulary, when referring to the foundations of the Soviet Union, "Soviet Russia" refers to the few years after the October Revolution of 1917, but before the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922.
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Victory Day (also shortened as V-Day) is a common name of many different public holidays in various countries to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history.
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. Although no consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits". The term featurette originally applied to a film longer than a short subject, but shorter than a standard feature film.
The increasingly rare term short subject means approximately the same thing. An industry term, it carries more of an assumption that the film is shown as part of a presentation along with a feature film. Short is an abbreviation for either term. Short films are often screened at local, national, or international film festivals and made by independent filmmakers for non profit, either with a low budget or no budget at all. They are usually funded by film grants, non profit organizations, sponsor, or personal funds. Short films are generally used by filmmakers to gain experience and/or prove their talent in order to gain funding for future films from private investors, entertainment companies, or film studios.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик, tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik; IPA: [sɐˈjus sɐˈvʲɛtskʲɪx sətsɨəlʲɪsˈtʲitɕɪskʲɪx rʲɪˈspublʲɪk]) abbreviated to USSR (Russian: СССР, tr. SSSR) or shortened to the Soviet Union (Russian: Сове́тский Сою́з, tr. Sovetskij Soyuz; IPA: [sɐ'vʲetskʲɪj sɐˈjʉs]), was a Marxist–Leninist state on the Eurasian continent that existed between 1922 and 1991. A union of multiple subnational Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized. The Soviet Union was a one-party state, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital.
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Located just 800 miles from the North Pole on the island of Spitsbergen, the Soviet-era ghosttown of Pyramiden is one of the northernmost permanent settlements in the world. The site was first developed as a mining village in 1936, after the Soviets acquired the rights to mine the local coalfields. Although Pyramiden was abandoned in 1998, it remains remarkably well preserved due to the frigid Arctic climate. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Short Film Showcase: http://bit.ly/Shortfilmshowcase About Short Film Showcase: The Short Film Showcase spotlights exceptional short videos created by filmmakers from around the web and selected by National Geographic editors. We look for work that affirms National Geographic's belief in the power of science, exploration, and sto...
From CREEPY Train Stations, to some mega monuments; These are 13 Creepiest Abandoned Soviet Era Places ! Subscribe to American Eye http://goo.gl/GBphkv 6. Mongolian Air Base Although it wasn’t official, Mongolia was basically a part of the Soviet union but they didn’t want to seem to seem imperialistic and put the Chinese on alert. With communist countries on both sides, it was heavily influenced by both powerful nations, but acted as a satellite nation to the USSR. In the 1970’s this airbase was added and was seen as a way to protect themselves in case there was any territorial disputes with China and here we see this statue with a fighter jet. These armored aircraft shelters, you see in this photo were made to protect expense aircraft from potential attacks and are designed with reinf...
These are buildings and statues you won't see anywhere else in the world but within Russia including beautiful cathedrawls & statues. Subscribe to Talltanic http://goo.gl/wgfvrr 12. Yerevan Russia Cinema This unique structure was used as a two screen cinema and is located in Armenia. It was designed to be a cinema by the Soviets in the 1970’s, but it is used as a clothing bazaar today. 11. Ostankino Tower A jewel of Soviet engineering at the time of it’s completion in 1967, this television and radio tower was the tallest freestanding structure in the world until 1976. While it is now the 8th tallest freestanding structure in the world, it remains the largest freestanding structure in Europe. The tower caught fire in August of 2000 killing 3 firefighters and one lift operator. The fire...
(8 May 2017) LEADIN: Soviet-era luxury cars are taking centre stage at the Victory Day parade in the city which made them. The Volga and Chaika cars are symbols of the old Soviet elite and were produced by carmaker GAZ at its factory in Nizhny Novgorod. STORYLINE: Rehearsing for the big day, these luxury cars are a link with this city's Soviet past. Here in Nizhny Novgorod, the Volga and Chaika executive cars will take centre stage at the military parade for Victory Day on Tuesday (9 May). The Soviet-era cars used to be owned almost exclusively by bureaucrats and celebrities. For the ordinary man on the street in Soviet times, these vehicles represented the height of luxury and style. Nizhny Novgorod is now the only city in Russia where these vehicles are used in the Victory D...
More than 50 percent of Russians lament the downfall of the USSR -- although most would not wish to return to the past. Among the nostalgics for the communist era is Valentina. She says she feels more Soviet than Russian, and enjoys talking about her past years working in a factory.Duration:02:03
Kommunalkas are a vestige of Russia's Soviet past -- shared flats quickly thrown up as people moved from the countryside to the cities. Today, St. Petersburg still has 100,000, while Moscow boasts 50,000. AFPTV meets one family and an out-of-work actor who have no choice but to share accommodationDuration:02:24
An abandoned Kotelny Island was Russia's Northern Fleet destination after traveling some 2,500 miles through treacherous Arctic waters. The military are now firmly established at the base in one of the world’s most hostile natural environments. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/fwkyfk RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
BBC: The Lost World of Communism (Part 1). For more on the series, see http://hauntingeurope.com/2011/10/the-lost-world-of-communism/ For more on communist-era symbols and anthems, see http://nationalanthems.me/tag/communist.
VDNKh or the National Agricultural Exhibition Centre in Moscow was built in the late 1930s on the order of Stalin. It was meant to inspire Soviet people who lived a hard life of poverty and astonish the whole world. Its many pavilions were created in a multitude of architectural styles and elaborately decorated by the best artists and sculptors of the USSR. Many of its sights became iconic symbols of Moscow: Vera Mukhina's sculpture Worker and Kolkhoz Woman, the golden fountain, the space rocket. But the Soviet people had to pay a great price for this splendour. Several thousand convicts from the Gulag were used to construct VDNKh and its initial architect, Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky, was arrested for political reasons and sent into exile for 5 years. After Stalin's death, the controversial f...
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